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Genetic differences in susceptibility of chicken lines to infection with infectious bursal disease virus.
Poultry science - 1 Mar 1993
Bumstead N, Reece R L, Cook J K
Abstract excerpt
Mortality rates in 11 inbred and partially inbred chicken lines inoculated with a very virulent strain (CS89) of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) varied considerably, being highest (almost 80%) in a Brown Leghorn line (BrL). Bursa of Fabricius to body weight ratios were depressed in the survivors in each line, but no differences were observed between lines. However, histological examination of bursae from...
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